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Story: 6

Story 6 A tale of slaughter Told By Taniwha 
 
~~~~~ Funny race, humans. Although they lack the distinct abilities and ~~~~ 
~ strengths my friends the elves and my enemies the goblins inherit, they also ~ 
~~~~~ lack the intelligence to realize and give in to their inadequacies. ~~~~ 
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~~ Few embody this much as the tragedy of Lord Cromm. Powerful and arrogant ~ 
~~~ almost from birth, the second son of nobles inherited lands larger than ~~ 
~ heaven itself, when dishonour and dispute fell upon the elder son. Although ~ 
~ he decried the accusations as false, the first child left his lands rather ~ 
~ than to tarnish the family name further. The younger child quickly came to ~ 
~ enjoy his new ranking, with the lands and riches that came with the title. ~ 
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~~~ I shan't bore you with the details, for they are as you would expect of ~~ 
~~ someone so riddled with greed and want. His aspirations peaked, I fear, ~~ 
~ when his wandering eyes led him towards claiming the nearby swamp lands as ~ 
~~ his. Murky on bad days, the bog was full of disease-carrying pests, the ~~ 
~ largest being the clans of roving lizard-men. Most had wisely turned these ~ 
~~~~~~~~~~~ lands over to the creatures. Cromm was not so inclined. ~~~~~~~~~~ 
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~ One of the few survirors of the battle that ensued between the lizard- men ~ 
~~ and Cromm's hired soldiers could not bring himself to describe the battle ~ 
~~~ scene, but little imagination is needed to guess what the reptiles are ~~~ 
~~~ capable of. He could only describe the ironic image at the end of the ~~~ 
~ battle, with the dead all around, and the signet ring of Lord Cromm -- the ~ 
~~~~ symbol of all he coveted and desired, and the only legitimate way to ~~~~ 
~~~~~ continue his family name -- being clutched in the scaly hand of the ~~~~ 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lizard-man leader. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
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Mission Control Mission Control

Missions

1. Redeye whispers to you: I know who is responsible for Cromm's murder. The blue-baldricked clan-leader Fast-tail ordered an attack on Cromm's Hold. If you give me a sharpener for my claws, I'll tell you where he hid Cromm's signet ring.

2. Redeye whispers to you: Fast-tail has it in his lair on top of a huge stone in the clearing. Redeye tells you the exact location to look.

3. You've defeated Fast-Tail.
4. You've found Cromm's Ring.

Walkthrough

Location: Swamps SW of Daggreford.

From West gate - w, 2xs, sw, s, 2xw, 3xs, w. Kill the lizardman raiding party, grab the sharpener and go back e, n and give the sharpener to Red-eye.

He will tell you about the stone in the room with the raiding party, go back there and

search the stone then once you have found a way up, climb it.

Kill Fast-Tail and search for the ring. Once you have it, head back past red-eye to Lady Crom and give her the signet ring.

Reward: Xp and plat